igus scoops two categories at the prestigious Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2024, as UK customers and media give the iguverse VR experience a big thumbs up.

The first batch of the famous igus all-plastic bicycle is in production, while igus builds a high-volume production line.

In the dynamic world of industry, where efficiency and cost-effectiveness reign supreme, the igus Module Connect emerges as a solution that optimises operations, boosts productivity, and delivers cost savings.

igus has expanded its 3D printing range for wear-resistant, lubrication-free special parts – now providing service life, costs, material properties, and delivery times.

Closely inspect products from all sides wearing virtual reality (VR) glasses. Plan machines, systems, and vehicle assemblies together with engineers and material experts in VR, quickly and independently of your location.

igus has expanded its chainflex cable portfolio with two new hybrid cables that offer energy and data transmission bundled in one cable.

A new plastic bottle deposit return scheme – to tackle more of the 13bn plastic bottles produced every year – was given the UK government’s go ahead on 20th January 2023. But igus assert they have already paved the way with its popular “chainge” scheme for end-of-life e-chains and its brand new cable recycling programme.

igus will launch the world’s first all-plastic urban bicycle for the UK market at Engineering Expo on 8th June. Its debut showing was at Hannover Messe on 30th May.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accompanied by Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, visited the stand of plastics specialist igus on the first day of the Hanover Fair. The focus of the conversation was the igus:bike, an innovative concept for sustainable urban mobility of the future.

The K900 industrial robot cleans floors wherever it needs to, autonomously and without programming, even in places where it is potentially dangerous or even impossible for people to clean.

igus's cost-effective robotics and automation solutions automate packaging, sort products, and help with dangerous tasks in everyday operations. In 2022, igus will present the ROIBOT (Return on Investment in Robotics) Award once again for the most creative applications.

“Tech up, cost down” is proudly on display at MACH 2022 as motion plastics specialist igus exhibits a new low-cost robot for small scale work and a novel solution for storing and shipping cable drums – both increasing efficiency but keeping costs down.

You can now print big! Really big! Up to 3M with igus! With the iglidur large format printing capabilities, 3D printed parts of up to 3M are now not a problem. With a variety of materials, including FDA materials, the possibilities are endless. In this short video, you can see large scale 3D printed parts being printed at igus’s facility in Germany.

One common barrier to automating a manufacturing process, certainly in the UK, has been cost. Motion plastic and cable technology pioneers igus devised the Low Cost Automation, or LCA, range of robots and devices to increase the productivity of tasks like electronic assembly and laboratory work while keeping the costs down.

igus say they are the first cable manufacturer in the world to receive UL AWM certification from US validation agency Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for its high-end TPE cables, which do not require fire-retardant halogens as additives.

Industrial parts and products must be delivered quickly and reliably, but the manufacture of special parts by injection moulding can take several weeks. 

igus has introduced ready-made cables for the Single Pair Ethernet especially for e-chain use.

igubal bearings are a maintenance-free, economical alternative to classic cast housing bearings.

Bevel gears transfer drive forces at a 90° angle. igus has now developed gears made of two abrasion-resistant and durable high-performance plastics, especially suitable for simple applications.

Energy chains or e-chains are used to protect and guide moving cables and hoses, ensuring reliable power and data supply for moving machinery. They can be found in hundreds of industrial applications from offshore oil platforms to machine tools, from cranes to theatres, from elevators, to vehicle doors.